Artificial Intelligence
Kenyan EdTech Startup StudyLabAI Attracts 90,000 Learners Across 100 Countries Without External Funding
Kenyan education technology startup StudyLabAI has attracted more than 90,000 learners across over 100 countries by using artificial intelligence to transform students’ lecture notes,...
Op-Ed: The Job of the Company Page, and the Role of Personal Profile. Noam Nisand
Even Google gets 657% more reactions when its CEO posts instead of the company. What makes you think your company page is enough? And before you...
Bamidele Waliyat Temitope Wins Bronze at SAAB Tech Hub Challenge With AI-Powered FarmFix Concept
Bamidele Waliyat Temitope, a budding Product Designer, has emerged as a Second Runner-Up (Bronze Medalist) in the SAAB Tech Hub Independence Day Challenge. With FarmFix,...
UAE’s Nabta Health Secures Fresh Investment to Accelerates AI-Powered Preventive Care Expansion
YAKUB ABDULRASHEED - UAE-based healthtech startup Nabta Health has secured a fresh investment from Phoenix Venture Partners (PVP), which led the second closing of...
South African Clinical AI Startup Healthleap Raises $38m to Help Hospitals Detect Overlooked Conditions
YAKUB ABDULRASHEED - South African-founded clinical artificial intelligence (AI) startup, Healthleap, has raised $38 million in combined seed and Series A funding to expand...
UAE’s Popcorn Studio AI Raises $1m to Make Cinematic Filmmaking More Accessible
YAKUB ABDULRASHEED - Dubai-based creative technology startup Popcorn Studio AI has secured a $1 million pre-seed funding package to develop its artificial intelligence-powered filmmaking...
UAE-Based JustAd Secures $5m Investment to Expand AI-Powered Advertising and Financing Platform
YAKUB ABDULRASHEED - UAE-based advertising technology startup, JustAd, has secured a $5 million investment from angel investor, Imad Jomaa to accelerate its international expansion...
Experts Propose Collective Consent, Tighter AI Data Controls to Address Growing Privacy Concerns
YAKUB ABDULRASHEED - Experts and technology commentators have proposed collective consent mechanisms, stricter controls on artificial intelligence (AI) agents, and limits on historical data...
Saudi Autotech Startup Autobia Raises $12 Million to Expand Digital Auto Parts Marketplace
YAKUB ABDULRASHEED - Saudi Arabian business-to-business (B2B) automotive technology startup, Autobia, has raised $12 million (SAR 45 million) in a Series A funding round...
OP-ED: AI Privacy is Getting Weird | Gianluca Miscione
I can decide not to use Meta’s Muse. I can refuse to upload my data. I can opt out of training. And yet, if people...
Lagos Life Hits 7m Players in Less Than Two Weeks as Creator Plans Platform for Third-Party Developers
YAKUB ABDULRASHEED - Nigerian browser game, Lagos Life, has attracted more than seven million players in less than two weeks of its October 1...
Kenyan Fintech Cloud9 Raises $1m to Simplify Cross-Border Payments for African Businesses
YAKUB ABDULRASHEED - Kenyan digital banking startup Cloud9 has secured fresh investment from cryptocurrency and fintech accelerator Alliance, bringing its total funding to US$1...
